[f-nsp] static vs dynamic cam mode on MLX/XMR (turning foundry direct routing off)
Gunther Stammwitz
gstammw at gmx.net
Sat Jan 5 11:05:26 EST 2008
Hello Niels,
> You basically turn your router into a flow-based one from about a
> decade
> ago. I haven't tested how that works out but I imagine it will not run
> well at all.
I think you aren't right: cam entries are not added per flow but per destination ip, so it's not that bad..
> You may have better luck choosing a different CAM partitioning scheme
> (3.7.00 introduces a new one, ipv4-ipv6-2).
Exactly - this is why I was recommending the upgrade to 3.7.
In fact I was the one who had opened two tac-cases for this problem half a year ago - foundry promised the new cam profile as solution.
Gunther
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